Of course firearms are brought into courts all of the time. And of course they are checked by court security. No one is arguing about the presence of the rifle in court and I don’t think anyone is upset with the prosecutor picking up the rifle. But pointing it at the jury with his finger on the trigger? That is beyond the pale. No one with any firearms training would do such a thing.
If someone points a rifle at me, there will be hyperventilating.
Maybe that is the reaction the prosecution is looking for so he can put the jury in the frame of mind of the person Attacking Kyle. Terrible manipulation of the jury. He’s desperate.